101 Horror Books To Read Before You're Murdered - List

1.
The Bottoms
The Bottoms 4.19 avg rating — 9,487 ratings
2.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,270 ratings
3.
Heart-Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box
by: Joe Hill
3.84 avg rating — 148,810 ratings
4.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,794 ratings
5.
The Hacienda
The Hacienda 3.84 avg rating — 52,960 ratings
6.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,625 ratings
7.
How to Sell a Haunted House
How to Sell a Haunted House 3.65 avg rating — 148,124 ratings
8.
The Fisherman
The Fisherman 3.86 avg rating — 39,586 ratings
9.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 281,870 ratings
10.
The Last House on Needless Street
The Last House on Needless Street 3.83 avg rating — 132,541 ratings
11.
North American Lake Monsters
North American Lake Monsters 3.95 avg rating — 6,158 ratings
12.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
by: Joe Hill
4.08 avg rating — 139,859 ratings
13.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,818 ratings
14.
Those Across the River
Those Across the River 3.71 avg rating — 15,381 ratings
14.
White Horse
White Horse 3.49 avg rating — 12,940 ratings
16.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4.06 avg rating — 71,344 ratings
17.
The Lesser Dead
The Lesser Dead 4.06 avg rating — 8,093 ratings
18.
The Necromancer's House
The Necromancer's House 3.77 avg rating — 3,837 ratings
19.
The Tribe
The Tribe
by: Bari Wood
3.73 avg rating — 953 ratings
20.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by: Iain Reid
3.52 avg rating — 188,260 ratings
21.
Red X
Red X 3.73 avg rating — 2,019 ratings
22.
The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters 3.88 avg rating — 2,436 ratings
22.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating — 100,573 ratings
24.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,456 ratings
24.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,402 ratings
26.
The Reddening
The Reddening 3.57 avg rating — 7,180 ratings
27.
Little Eve
Little Eve 3.73 avg rating — 10,247 ratings
28.
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism 3.93 avg rating — 139,960 ratings
29.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,153 ratings
30.
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction 4.26 avg rating — 11,487 ratings
31.
Gone to See the River Man
Gone to See the River Man 3.65 avg rating — 22,386 ratings
32.
Horrorstör
Horrorstör 3.65 avg rating — 115,450 ratings
33.
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 43,560 ratings
34.
Kin
Kin 3.88 avg rating — 5,440 ratings
35.
Brother
Brother 3.91 avg rating — 65,111 ratings
36.
Mapping the Interior
Mapping the Interior 3.65 avg rating — 11,160 ratings
37.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 48,522 ratings
38.
Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)
Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 14,947 ratings
39.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
40.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,358 ratings
41.
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
A House at the Bottom of a Lake 3.18 avg rating — 18,978 ratings
41.
The Hunger
The Hunger 3.60 avg rating — 33,547 ratings
43.
The Grip of It
The Grip of It
by: Jac Jemc
3.16 avg rating — 14,490 ratings
43.
A Place for Sinners
A Place for Sinners 3.42 avg rating — 208 ratings
43.
Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)
Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
46.
The Book of Accidents
The Book of Accidents 3.72 avg rating — 27,258 ratings
46.
The Taker (The Taker, #1)
The Taker (The Taker, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 8,342 ratings
48.
Just Like Home
Just Like Home 3.32 avg rating — 36,953 ratings
48.
Baby Teeth
Baby Teeth 3.60 avg rating — 81,246 ratings
48.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,369 ratings
51.
Kill Creek
Kill Creek 3.76 avg rating — 22,440 ratings
51.
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All 3.98 avg rating — 4,509 ratings
51.
The Wehrwolf
The Wehrwolf 3.88 avg rating — 3,377 ratings
54.
The Ancestor
The Ancestor 3.35 avg rating — 4,941 ratings
54.
Beneath
Beneath 3.11 avg rating — 540 ratings
54.
We Need to Do Something
We Need to Do Something 3.40 avg rating — 7,560 ratings
54.
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
58.
The Switch House
The Switch House
by: Tim Meyer
3.48 avg rating — 778 ratings
58.
Stranded
Stranded 3.45 avg rating — 1,772 ratings
60.
Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters 3.59 avg rating — 23,645 ratings
60.
The Ruins
The Ruins 3.69 avg rating — 63,253 ratings
62.
Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1)
Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 3,958 ratings
62.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,307 ratings
64.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,476 ratings
64.
Children of Chicago (Children of Chicago #1)
Children of Chicago (Children of Chicago #1) 3.39 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
66.
Coyote Songs
Coyote Songs 4.14 avg rating — 1,459 ratings
66.
Falling in Love with Hominids
Falling in Love with Hominids 3.93 avg rating — 1,457 ratings
68.
Hell Hound
Hell Hound 3.88 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
68.
Cry Your Way Home
Cry Your Way Home 4.14 avg rating — 159 ratings
68.
Greener Pastures
Greener Pastures 3.97 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
71.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,476 ratings
71.
The Deep
The Deep 3.42 avg rating — 38,915 ratings
71.
The Ghost Sequences
The Ghost Sequences
by: A.C. Wise
3.98 avg rating — 538 ratings
74.
Hearts Strange and Dreadful
Hearts Strange and Dreadful 4.18 avg rating — 270 ratings
74.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,920 ratings
74.
We Are Here to Hurt Each Other
We Are Here to Hurt Each Other 3.98 avg rating — 865 ratings
77.
The Return
The Return 3.40 avg rating — 22,343 ratings
77.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,289 ratings
77.
Shiver: Selected Stories
Shiver: Selected Stories
by: Junji Ito
4.34 avg rating — 25,259 ratings
80.
Between Two Fires
Between Two Fires 4.23 avg rating — 46,902 ratings
80.
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories 3.71 avg rating — 5,808 ratings
82.
Tribal Screams
Tribal Screams 4.32 avg rating — 114 ratings
83.
Last Days
Last Days 3.72 avg rating — 13,469 ratings
83.
She Said Destroy
She Said Destroy 4.14 avg rating — 572 ratings
85.
The Suicide Motor Club
The Suicide Motor Club 3.94 avg rating — 2,222 ratings
85.
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 259,245 ratings
87.
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 37,056 ratings
87.
Love in Vein: Twenty Original Tales of Vampiric Erotica
Love in Vein: Twenty Original Tales of Vampiric Erotica 3.61 avg rating — 2,757 ratings
89.
When the Reckoning Comes
When the Reckoning Comes 3.69 avg rating — 10,261 ratings
89.
The Auctioneer
The Auctioneer 3.76 avg rating — 5,160 ratings
91.
When Darkness Loves Us
When Darkness Loves Us 4.02 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
92.
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories 3.78 avg rating — 814 ratings
93.
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Two
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Two 3.99 avg rating — 243 ratings
93.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,540 ratings
95.
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Three
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Three 3.99 avg rating — 157 ratings
95.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating — 153,653 ratings
97.
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Four
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Four 3.85 avg rating — 105 ratings
97.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,273 ratings
99.
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Five
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Five 3.80 avg rating — 105 ratings
99.
Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology
Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology 4.17 avg rating — 470 ratings
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